Aired: April 28, 2017

Animal Intersections

With: Carrie “Honeybee” Brown (Norfolk State University)

In Norfolk’s Calvert Square, preschoolers plant watermelon and okra next to 200,000 live bees. They aren’t alone. Carrie “Honeybee” Brown has planted apiaries in community gardens across the city in an effort to save the ailing honeybee. Now, she’s planning to shave bees and attach transmitters to get neighborhood kids interested in entomology.

With: Kevin Hamed (VHCC)

Biologist Kevin Hamed discovered an alarming number of tiny skulls stuck in glass bottles found roadside litter. Tiny shrews are crawling in, but can’t get back out. He and his students are on the case, trying to solve mysteries where humans and wildlife intersect. Hamed was named Outstanding Faculty of 2017 by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.